CVE-2004-2154

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-178

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a
apple	cups	< 1.1.21
canonical	ubuntu_linux	4.10

References

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700Broken Link, Patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.htmlBroken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940Broken Link
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700Broken Link, Patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.htmlBroken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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